HC Deb 23 November 1994 vol 250 cc223-6W
Mr. Sykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment which quangos his Department has abolished since 1979.

Ms Widdecombe

The following public bodies, listed in the "Report on Non-Departmental Public Bodies", the "Pliatzky Report", Cmnd 7797 January 1980, and editions of "Public Bodies" since its establishment in 1982, have been abolished.

Executive Bodies

  • Co-operative Development Agency
  • 23 Industry Training Boards as follows:
    • Air Transport and Travel
    • Carpet Industry
    • Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products
    • Chemical and Allied Products
    • Clothing and Allied Products
      • 224
    • Cotton and Allied Textiles
    • Distributive Industry
    • Engineering (mainstream only. The Engineering Construction ITB remains)
    • Food, Drink and Tobacco
    • Footwear, Leather and Fur Skin
    • Foundry
    • Furniture and Timber
    • Hotel and Catering
    • Iron and Steel
    • Knitting, Lace and Net
    • Man-made Fibres Producing Industry
    • Paper and Paper Products
    • Petroleum (later, Offshore Petroleum)
    • Printing and Publishing
      • 225
    • Road Transport
    • Rubber (later Plastics Processing)
    • Ship Building
    • Wood, Jute and Flax
  • Industrial Training Research Unit Ltd.
  • Manpower Services Commission (later Training Commission)
  • National Dock Labour Board
  • Underwater Training Centre

34 Wages Councils as follows:

  • Aerated Waters (England and Wales)
  • Aerated Waters (Scotland)
  • Boot and Shoe Repairing
  • Button Manufacturing
  • Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making
  • Corset
  • Cotton Waste Reclamation
  • Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales)
  • Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland)
  • Flax and Hemp
  • Fur
  • General Waste Materials Reclamation
  • Hairdressing Undertakings
  • Hat, Cap and Millinery (Great Britain)
  • Lace Finishing
  • Laundry
  • Licensed Non-Residential Establishment
  • Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant
  • Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods
  • Made up Textiles
  • Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower
  • Perambulator and Invalid Carriage
  • Pin, Hook and Eye, and Snap Fastener
  • Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring
  • Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain)
  • Retail Food and Allied Trades (created in 1979 from the merger of 6 separate Councils)
  • Retail Trades Non-Food (created in 1979 from the merger of 3 separate Councils)
  • Rope, Twine and Net
  • Rubber Proofed Garment Making Industry
  • Sack and Bag
  • Shirtmaking
  • Toy Manufacturing
  • Unlicensed Place of Refreshment
  • Wholesale Mantle and Costume

Advisory Bodies

  • Advisory Committee on Homeworking
  • Advisory Committee on the Resettlement of Ex-regular Members of the Armed Forces
  • Advisory Committee on Women's Employment
  • Advisory Group on Enterprise Training
  • Advisory Panel on Deregulation
  • 125 Area (formerly District) Manpower Boards
  • Careers Materials Advisory Committee
  • Careers Service Advisory Council for England
  • 220 District Advisory Committees created under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944—replaced by 60 Committees for the Employment of Disabled People
  • Industrial Language Training Advisory Committee
  • Manpower Services Committee for Scotland
  • Manpower Services Committee for Wales
  • National Steering Group for Local Collaborative Projects under the Adult Training Strategy
    • 226
  • Non-advanced Further Education Joint Consultative Group
  • Open Tech Programme: Steering Group
  • Quality Standards Group
  • Royal Commission on the Distribution on Income and Wealth
  • Services Resettlement Committee
  • Special Employment Measures Advisory Group
  • 30 Special Programme Board and Area Boards
  • Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative National Steering Group
  • Training and Further Education Consultative Group
  • Training of Trainers Advisory Group
  • Tripartite Steering Group on Job Satisfaction
  • Youth Training Board
  • Youth Training Board Advisory Group on Content and Standards
  • Your Training Scheme Certification Board

Tribunals

  • Levy Exemption Referees

Mr. Sykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many quangos his Department was responsible for(a) in 1979 (b) in the latest year for which a number is available.

Miss Widdecombe

Details of the public bodies associated with the Employment Department group in 1979 were published in the "Report on Non-departmental Public Bodies" (the "Pliatzky Report") Cmnd 7797 January 1980. In that year the Department was responsible for68 Executive bodies (including 34 Wages Councils and 24 Industry Training Bodies); 386 Advisory bodies (including 220 District Advisory Committees created under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944; 125 District Manpower Committees; and 28 Special Programme Area Boards); 4 Tribunals (including the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal which was incorrectly classified as an advisory body in 1979). The Department is currently responsible for:

  • 11 Executive bodies;
  • 64 Advisory bodies (including 60 Committees for the Employment of Disabled People);
  • 4 Tribunals.

Details will be published in the 1994 edition of "Public Bodies" later this year.

None of these figures include the range of advisory committees to the Health and Safety Commission—currently numbering 22—which were incorrectly listed as advisory non-departmental public bodies in 1979. These committees do not have NDPB status and were removed from "Public Bodies" in 1991.

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